Tag: data

With POPIA now in effect, SEACOM outlines its compliance

Like many other firms this week, SEACOM has outlined its POPIA compliance, commitment to data privacy and protection in this new era.

Volkswagen confirms more than 3.3 million customers have had data exposed

Volkswagen says a supplier left data exposed online, including the names, addresses, emails and phone numbers of US and Canadian customers.

Naspers investing $42 million in CPT-founded mobility data firm

WhereIsMyTransport gets sizeable investment from Naspers as it looks to deepen its mobility and traffic data for emerging markets.

Have I Been Pwned partners with FBI as site goes open source

Troy Hunt has two big announcements for Have I Been Pwned, as the site looks to help more people when it comes to cybersecurity.

Explore Group now offers data insights to financial services SMEs within 24 hours

Explore Group has expanded its Insights services arm to offer data analytics targeting local SMEs focused on financial services.

How much time do South Africans spend staring at their Nokia phones?

Research from HMD Global unpacks how much time local consumers are spending on their Nokia Mobile devices and what types of services they use.

Déjà vu as Facebook has another data scraping vulnerability on its hands

Yet another vulnerability has been discovered regarding Facebook user data, this one more nefarious than its predecessor.

Absa contacting affected customers following November 2020 data leak

Following a data leak in November of last year, Absa has finally begun contacting customers to confirm their data has been compromised.

Clubhouse says it wasn’t breached its API was accessed

Clubhouse says reports of a breach are misleading and that any data accessed was done so through its API.

South Africa moves up in rankings for most expensive mobile data

SA was ranked at 148th in 2020 when it comes to 1GB of data, and in 2021 it’s 136th.

Facebook has no plans to notify the 533 million users if their data was leaked

Facebook says it dealt with this issue back in 2019, and that is apparently good enough for the multi-billion dollar tech company.

Are you one of the 533 million Facebook users who had their data leaked?

Have I Been Pawned has a helpful link to let you know if your data has been leaked in this latest Facebook breach involving 533 million users.

NASA and SpaceX to share data to avoid Starlink satellite collisions

As SpaceX continues to launch more satellites into orbit as a part of Starlink, avoiding collisions in future will be critical.

The data government collects through the vaccine registration portal

The Electronic Vaccine Data System has been set up to make dispensing of the COVID-19 vaccine easier. We take a closer look at the data that system collects.

Disposing of old tech must be handled with care

If your employees are using personal devices for work, you should be educating them about how to dispose of their tech responsibly.

MTN launches Back To School device and data bundles

With learners across the country preparing for the 2021 academic year next month, MTN has announced new Back To School deals.

India the latest country asking WhatsApp to withdraw new privacy policy

The divisive privacy policy that WhatsApp announced at the beginning of the year is in the news again this week as more countries probe the messaging platform regarding its data sharing practices with Facebook (the company that owns it). A number of countries have also asked WhatsApp to withdraw the policy altogether, which is currently […]

Divisive WhatsApp privacy policy delayed until 15th May, but damage is done

WhatsApp says it plans to use the three-month buffer to “educate” users on its privacy policy, but will that bring users back?